Every neighborhood must help solve the city's affordable housing crisis.

Download the May 2022 NYC Housing Tracker Report

NYHC is tracking housing need and affordable housing production in each borough and NYC Council district to ensure elected officials are held accountable.

District 1

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Christopher Marte

Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa & Washington Square

Housing Need	District 1	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	3.6%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	41.6%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	$1,143,754,965	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	92.6	45.8
Homeownership Rate	22.5%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	4.0	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

District 2

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Carlina Rivera

East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill

Housing Need	District 2	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	5.7%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	42.2%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	$2,251,510,612	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	147.9	45.8
Homeownership Rate	22.4%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	5.4	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

District 3

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Erik Bottcher

Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Greenwich Village, West SoHo, Hudson Square, Times Square, Garment District, Flatiron, Upper West Side

Housing Need	District 3	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	5.4%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	40.2%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	$491,554,321	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	91.4	45.8
Homeownership Rate	27.1%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	3.9	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

District 4

Keith Powers

@KeithPowersNYC

Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Yorkville, Central Park South, Midtown East, Times Square, Koreatown, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Waterside Plaza, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Sutton Place

Housing Need	District 4	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	6.7%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	42.3%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	0	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	97.4	45.8
Homeownership Rate	40.1%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	1.6	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

District 5

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Julie Menin

Upper East Side's Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, Roosevelt Island, Midtown East, Sutton Place, El Barrio in East Harlem

Housing Need	District 5	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	5.8%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	40.5%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	$383,687,780	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	196.5	45.8
Homeownership Rate	30.1%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	2.5	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

District 6

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Gale Brewer

Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Clinton

Housing Need	District 6	Citywide \| Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate	5.4%	3.4%
Cost Burdened Households	37.5%	52.5%
NYCHA Capital Needs	$691,247,736	$787,949,140
Density – People per acre	98.6	45.8
Homeownership Rate	35.7%	32.7%
Code Violations per 100 units	3.7	12.1

Affordable Housing Construction in District: 2014 - 2021

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